Isfahan vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$211	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	48	86
🏙️ Population	1.96M	4.04M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 51% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8454th and 5000th ($523 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 2nd in Iran and Taiwan, respectively. Check Iran vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6375th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs New Taipei

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	Isfahan	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$18855

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581